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Updated 11/01/2026 · next update 12/01/2026

Vertical AI agent market, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinking

Visits, year on year
-54%
Visits vs September 2026
+2.7%
Name searches vs October 2025
-14%

Every month I measure Google visits to the 59 vertical AI agent sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 3.1 million visits, 54% fewer than a year ago but 3% more than in September 2026.

Below: who grew fastest (one site is up 230% in a year), where the visitors live and what comes next.

Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking

Vertical AI agent market: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

  • The tracked sites got 3,131,894 visits from Google in October 2026, 54% fewer than a year ago and 3% more than in September 2026.
  • “vertical ai agents” gets about 170 US searches a month. People searched the site names 299,560 times in the US in September 2026, 14% less often than in October 2025.
  • No tracked site ranks on Google for “vertical ai agents”. SciSpace is the most-visited site.
  • 17.9% of visits came from the US (13.3% a year ago), then India, Canada and United Kingdom. The five most-visited sites took 73.8% of all visits.

1How many visits

In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-54%), and October 2026 was about the same as September 2026 (+3%).

Visits, October 2026
3,131,894 (-54.0% on a year ago, +2.7% on September 2026)
US visits
560,340 (-38.3% on a year ago)
24-month peak
7,026,563 in May 2025

WorldVisits a month to vertical AI agent sites, worldwide

02.5M5.0M7.5M10MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 263.1M
Low 2.0MHigh 7.0MAverage 4.9M
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Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.

Miles explains

Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 54% below a year ago, and 55% below the May 2025 high. One site winning or losing a ranking can swing a single month a lot.

2How many people went looking

People typed a site’s name into Google 14% less often than in October 2025 (-14%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.

Searches for "vertical ai agents"
170 a month in the US, 720 worldwide (12-month average)
Name searches, September 2026
299,560 in the US (-13.6% since October 2025), 1,183,520 worldwide

USSearches a month for "vertical ai agents", United States

0125250375500Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 26170
Low 90High 480Average 177
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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

0125K250K375K500KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 26300K
Low 256KHigh 347KAverage 293K
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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO, to September 2026.

Most searched by name, US

  • Freed Front Desk
    Searches a month
    135,000
  • HireVue
    Searches a month
    18,100
  • Holistiplan
    Searches a month
    12,100
  • Zocks
    Searches a month
    12,100
  • EvenUp
    Searches a month
    9,900
  • Hippocratic AI
    Searches a month
    9,900
  • FloQast
    Searches a month
    8,100
  • Hebbia
    Searches a month
    8,100

Ordered by US searches for the brand name in September 2026. A measured order, not a ranking.

Miles explains

Name searches are the number I trust most. They are down 14%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.

3Who is on Google's first page

No tracked site is on Google’s first page for “vertical ai agents”. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.

Ordered by US Google position for “vertical ai agents”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.

Site

  • Scite
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    10,777
    Move in 40 days
    ▼ 1,110
    Search visits
    53,214
  • BlackLine
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    12,015
    Move in 40 days
    ▼ 3,420
    Search visits
    18,289
  • Paradox
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    13,620
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 1,577
    Search visits
    22,230
  • SciSpace
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    15,699
    Move in 40 days
    ▼ 4,158
    Search visits
    967,196
  • Consensus
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    18,319
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 809
    Search visits
    663,320
  • Harvey
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    32,830
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 7,392
    Search visits
    63,791
  • Elicit
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    36,296
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 205
    Search visits
    296,084
  • Billtrust
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    40,110
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 5,718
    Search visits
    21,725
  • Freed Front Desk
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    42,092
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 6,827
    Search visits
    32,238
  • Observe.AI
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    45,208
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 7,465
    Search visits
    7,224
  • HighRadius
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    45,264
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 5,911
    Search visits
    195,156
  • HireVue
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    54,110
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 13,048
    Search visits
    28,165
  • Legora
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    55,957
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 5,963
    Search visits
    18,383
  • HiJiffy
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    60,397
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 4,657
    Search visits
    7,768
  • GPT for Work
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    111,643
    Move in 40 days
    ▼ 5,887
    Search visits
    43,670

Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 15 of 59 sites shown.

Miles explains

No tracked site sits high on Google for “vertical ai agents”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.

4Who grew, who faded

Biggest gain in October 2026: ServiceAgent (+69%); biggest loss: Leena AI (-31%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.

Biggest moves in October 2026

Up this month

  • ServiceAgent
    Sep 26
    17,538
    Oct 26
    29,675
    Change
    +69.2%
  • Hippocratic AI
    Sep 26
    17,341
    Oct 26
    24,790
    Change
    +43.0%
  • Ylopo
    Sep 26
    5,014
    Oct 26
    6,749
    Change
    +34.6%
  • Consensus
    Sep 26
    537,616
    Oct 26
    663,320
    Change
    +23.4%
  • HiJiffy
    Sep 26
    6,464
    Oct 26
    7,768
    Change
    +20.2%
  • Jump
    Sep 26
    6,056
    Oct 26
    7,119
    Change
    +17.6%

Down this month

  • Leena AI
    Sep 26
    7,990
    Oct 26
    5,541
    Change
    -30.7%
  • SeekOut
    Sep 26
    8,679
    Oct 26
    6,462
    Change
    -25.5%
  • Legora
    Sep 26
    22,774
    Oct 26
    18,383
    Change
    -19.3%
  • Scite
    Sep 26
    63,993
    Oct 26
    53,214
    Change
    -16.8%
  • Rows
    Sep 26
    89,055
    Oct 26
    74,441
    Change
    -16.4%
  • Paradox
    Sep 26
    26,107
    Oct 26
    22,230
    Change
    -14.9%

Brand demand, since October 2025

Searched more

  • Abridge
    Oct 25
    4,400
    Sep 26
    6,600
    Change
    +50.0%
  • Assort Health
    Oct 25
    5,400
    Sep 26
    6,600
    Change
    +22.2%
  • Zocks
    Oct 25
    9,900
    Sep 26
    12,100
    Change
    +22.2%

Searched less

  • Julius AI
    Oct 25
    27,100
    Sep 26
    6,600
    Change
    -75.6%
  • Robin AI
    Oct 25
    2,900
    Sep 26
    720
    Change
    -75.2%
  • Sully.ai
    Oct 25
    2,900
    Sep 26
    1,300
    Change
    -55.2%
  • SciSpace
    Oct 25
    14,800
    Sep 26
    8,100
    Change
    -45.3%
  • Observe.AI
    Oct 25
    2,900
    Sep 26
    1,900
    Change
    -34.5%
  • Scite
    Oct 25
    6,600
    Sep 26
    4,400
    Change
    -33.3%

Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

5Where the visitors live

About 18 of every 100 visits come from the United States.

US share of visits
17.9% (13.3% a year ago)
Largest outside the US
India, Canada and United Kingdom
US share of "vertical ai agents" searches
24%

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

05101520Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2617.9
Low 13.3High 19.5Average 17
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    613,164
    Share of the measured countries
    69.1%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    72,031
    Share of the measured countries
    8.1%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    65,101
    Share of the measured countries
    7.3%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    44,207
    Share of the measured countries
    5%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    41,729
    Share of the measured countries
    4.7%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    25,709
    Share of the measured countries
    2.9%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    24,488
    Share of the measured countries
    2.8%
  • Philippines
    Search visits a month
    397
    Share of the measured countries
    0%
  • Indonesia
    Search visits a month
    169
    Share of the measured countries
    0%
  • Italy
    Search visits a month
    66
    Share of the measured countries
    0%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the single biggest market, but only about 18 in every 100 visits. India alone is 69.1% of the countries I measure outside it.

6Links and ratings

Referring domains were not measured for October 2026. The average Domain Rating is 62. Consensus has the strongest link profile at DR 80.

By Domain Rating (Ahrefs)

  • Consensus
    DR
    80
  • SciSpace
    DR
    79
  • Harvey
    DR
    78
  • Billtrust
    DR
    77
  • HireVue
    DR
    77
  • Paradox
    DR
    77
  • Elicit
    DR
    76
  • Nomic
    DR
    75

Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.

Vertical AI agent analysis, month by month

This page is rewritten every month from that month’s frozen snapshot. Edition 2, for October 2026, was published on 1 November 2026; the next one replaces it on 1 December 2026. The months before it, in brief:

  1. Edition 1 · September 2026

    The vertical AI agent market in September 2026: what the data says

    Every number I track for the vertical AI agent sites I follow, read as one month. Search visits down 55.2% on a year ago and down 1.9% on the month before, with the Google positions, the demand and who moved.

    Visits
    3.0M
    Year on year
    -55%
    Name searches
    300K

    Published 15 October 2026 · visits -1.9% on the month before